outlive
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Is outlive a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of outlive?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.Examples: "And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date."; "If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks."Synonyms: survivetransitive
2. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).Examples: "This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived."transitive
3. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.transitive
4. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary